Data Scientist - Recommendation Algorithms

Summary

Join Stitch Fix, a leading online personal styling service, as a Recommendation Algos Engineer and contribute to building the future of personalized apparel shopping. You will be responsible for improving the quality of recommended assortments, expanding the total addressable market, and working cross-functionally with various stakeholders. This role offers a unique opportunity to leverage your expertise in machine learning and data science to drive business impact and create innovative client products and features.

Requirements

• You have a solid understanding in modeling and experimentation
• You have led end-to-end machine learning and data projects, from inception to production and are proficient in deploying apps in Python
• You have a degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Physics or a related field
• You have strong cross-functional, communication skills that help simplify and move complex problems forward with business partners
• You are a compassionate team player and you see your growth and success entangled with the growth and success of your peers
• You are innovative and inspired to take on new challenges and you do not shy away from potential failure
• You think about ethics in AI, the impact of machine learning on society, and want to bring that to bear in our work here

Responsibilities

• Support and execute the strategic vision of recommendation approaches for both algorithmically-generated assortments as well as human-in-the-loop augmented recommendations
• Manage experiments to test new features, including any communication of the experiments’ results to stakeholders, and support the eventual launch of the feature
• Solve problems related to recommendation ranking and assortment generation. Modeling tools could include deep learning, weighted re-ranking, genAI, or any other state of the art technique
• Productionize models and systems partnering with our data platform team for real-time applications
• Leverage unique data about our clients, our merchandise, and their interactions to identify and solve client needs
• Work with our product, product design, and engineering teams to create roadmaps for developing new client products, user features, data flywheels, and infrastructure

Benefits

• We offer comprehensive compensation packages and inclusive health and wellness benefits
• This role will receive a competitive salary, benefits, and equity
• The salary for US-based employees hired into this role will be aligned with the range below, which includes our three geographic areas
• A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, location, and performance
• This position is eligible for new hire and ongoing grants of restricted stock units depending on employee and company performance
• In addition, the position is eligible for medical, dental, vision, and other benefits